Digital BW, The Print

Hi Jerry,

How do you combine your images? FWIW, there is a good tutorial by George DeWolfe (who just got a D60 BTW) on the subject of extending
the dynamic range of digital images, in the most recent issue of Camera Arts. If you're interested, I could send you the steps involved. I have
used Fred Miranda's DRI action, too, but have found a few instances of images where it doesn't work properly. The downside to any of these
techniques is that they have to be done in 8-bit mode. I try to stay in 16-bit for as long as possible.

Best regards,
Alan

-----Original Message-----
From:	Jerry Olson [SMTP:jerryolson@...]
Sent:	Saturday, September 07, 2002 9:19 AM
To:	DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com
Subject:	Re: [Digital BW] Digital sharpness vs film- Canon D60

Ross, I ran a test between the raw image and the superfine JPEG image,
and can see no visible difference at all. If I need to get shadow detail
and highlight detail that can't be had in a single photo, I just shoot 2
pictures and combine them with a layer mask in photoshop and use the
best of each image. I almost always use a tripod, so this is easy. I'm
starting to get very interested in panorama pictures lately, and have
been taking 2 or 3 images and stitching them together in photoshop. This
enhances your resolution even more, and you can make even larger prints
with no loss in resolution. 

If you don't mind the extra hassle and storage space that you would
need, you could shoot in the raw mode, and do as much editing as
possible in photoshop in the 16 bit mode before switching to 8 bit. But,
I've made direct comparisons, and can't see any difference, so I just
shoot everything in the superfine mode.

Jerry


> I am wondering  what your experience has been
> converting the raw D60 files to B&W. Does it
> compare at all favorably with 35mm b&w film that
> has been scanned? 

better. absolutely NO grain. 

 I would
> really appreciate your opinion and any thoughtd
> you may have on the best methodology for
> conversion to grayscale.

The channel mixer in photoshop, use the monochromatic mode, play around
with the sliders. Select your sky, and use the red channel. Select your
trees and use the green channel, etc.

> Happy bokeh to you both. It is only in recent
> years that the "Bokeh" discussion seems to have
> come to my attention. Now I know why I have
> always loved the out of focus areas from my Leica
> lenses. When a tree falls in the forest does it
> make a sound if no one is there to hear it?

I hardly ever shoot a photo that has an out of focus background, being
primarily a landscape photographer.  See http://www.westernechoes.com

I graduated high school in 1959. I've been making photos since I was 10 also.
Bokeh I just heard of 3
 or 4 years ago.

Sounds like a trend that someone started and all the followers picked up
on it. I doubt if anyone heard of it 20 years ago.

Jerry

>


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